China hits back hard at `splittist' Chen
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Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen and Vice Chairman Chen Ming-tong leave their office after speaking at a press conference yesterday explaining President Chen Shui-bian's ``one country on each side'' of the Taiwan Strait speech.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tokyo institutes compulsory IDs
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Opponents of Japan's new computerized identification network hold a protest rally in front of the Home Affairs Ministry in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lee calls mayor a procrastinator
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Lee Ying-yuan, the DPP's Taipei City mayoral candidate, meets with the DPP caucus of the Taipei City Council yesterday to discuss campaign issues.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP clarifies position, sticks to `five no's'
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, arrives at a Taipei hospital yesterday to visit Tao Pai-chuan, an ailing former national policy adviser. On Saturday, Chen said he supported legislation for a referendum on formal independence from China.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Uruguay to receive financial assistance
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People wait in line for food at a soup kitchen in Montevideo, Uruguay, yesterday. The Bush administration will provide an emergency US$1.5 billion loan to Uruguay to help the country deal with an economic crisis that forced its banks to close last week.
PHOTO: AP
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HSBC's profit down 7 percent as its bad loans begin to rise
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A man walks past a bronze Lion guarding in front of the HSBC headquarter in Hong Kong, yesterday. HSBC Holdings Plc, which is based in London but controls the Hong Kong and Shanghai banking Corp, said its second-half earnings declined.
PHOTO: AP
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The perfect rescue: Patrol boats save Chinese
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PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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